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[Andrus Chesley]

I hated the tourance on the front of my R1150GSA. Just never felt planted as my other tires. Went to a set of Dunlops for my trip last summer and the back wore out way faster than I'm used to. But super loved the handleing of the tire. Very quick turn in for cornering. At present still have the dunlop on the front and a new Avon 34 on the back to see if it's gonna last like I want. As for the KLR , IRC GP'1's doing the duty now with no problems, I put on a set of 270s for a tennessee run and hated all the noise so pull them off when got back home. Probably no more than a few hundred miles on them. Been gracing the shop in a corner ever since. Guess when a KLR comes thru Jennings and catchs me I'll give them to him. Don't have a clue what I'm gonna be putting on it next. Probably back to the GP1's if still available. Andy in Louisiana

[chucksrad]

OK SO WHAT KINDA TIRES DO I PUT ON MY KLR FOR PLAYING IN THE MUD?????

[steve pye]

----- Original Message ----- From: "chucksrad" > > > > OK SO WHAT KINDA TIRES DO I PUT ON MY KLR FOR PLAYING IN THE > MUD????? How aggressive a knobby do you want to run? Full time off road? Half and half? Rarely mud and mostly street? take a look at some of these and figure what suits you best. Dunlop D606 Kenda K270 Pirelli Mt 21 or Cheng Shin C760 and...ummm.....Dude, please stop yelling. Cheers, Steve

[Rodney Copeland]

Who's yelling! Oh, yea, that's when you put all your post in caps! Hey Steve! I use the same tires I use for any other riding I do with the Hoss. My goal is to keep the KLR prepared for anything I encounter, best I can. Street ain't no thang for the KLR, no matter what tires. I steer my tires to keep my dirt capabilities up. Pretty sure that's the goal of any of the KLR owners that bought the bike for the right reasons. I use 858 Cheng Shins, and headin for 10,000 miles on my second set. Rod

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Pye" wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "chucksrad" > > > > > > > > > > OK SO WHAT KINDA TIRES DO I PUT ON MY KLR FOR PLAYING IN THE > > MUD????? > > > How aggressive a knobby do you want to run? Full time off road? Half and > half? Rarely mud and mostly street? > take a look at some of these and figure what suits you best. > Dunlop D606 > Kenda K270 > Pirelli Mt 21 > or > Cheng Shin C760 > > and...ummm.....Dude, please stop yelling. > Cheers, > Steve

[Russell Dyck]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "chucksrad" wrote:

> > > OK SO WHAT KINDA TIRES DO I PUT ON MY KLR FOR PLAYING IN THE > MUD?????

Me? Right now I got a set of Dunlops D606's, kinda pricey but but boy do they work great off and on road, thought I do find that they are a bit squirly on the pavmint, so far I've got maybe 600miles on them maybe, but still look new. Oh and I've found that they do wonders in the mud in and around the Quesnel area. And the last set I had where the Continental tkc-80's, again they worked great off and on road, so much so I got very close to draggin the pegs. I never did notice any squirlyness from them as others have reported. only got about 3000 miles out of them. I found them not to be as good in the mud as the D606's but waaaaay better than the stock rubber. Russ A-16 Quesnel, BC

[dooden]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "chucksrad" wrote:

> > > OK SO WHAT KINDA TIRES DO I PUT ON MY KLR FOR PLAYING IN THE > MUD?????

Kenda K270's check back a few posts, somebody is selling a set here. Cheap tires, seem to hold up on milage pretty good sofar, not alot of fun on pavement, but aired down they have alot of bite offroad, I am sure there are more better tires, but these work for me for my kind of riding style, which is when on pavement I am just going somewhere, offroad is the fun place. In otherwords if you like scraping pegs in corners(pavement), you do not want these tires. Dooden A15 Green Ape

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/30/2005 6:58:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, dooden@... writes: Kenda K270's check back a few posts, somebody is selling a set here. Cheap tires, seem to hold up on milage pretty good sofar, not alot of fun on pavement, but aired down they have alot of bite offroad, I am sure there are more better tires, but these work for me for my kind of riding style, which is when on pavement I am just going somewhere, offroad is the fun place. In otherwords if you like scraping pegs in corners(pavement), you do not want these tires. While costing a bit more, the IRC GP1, the tire Kenda cloned for the 270, has all the 270 good off road traits and none of its pavement problems. In the hands a skilled pilot, you'll have no problems scraping the foot pegs using the GP1s. You wont get the same tire mileage as with the Kenda, but IRC decided to use a softer rubber compound to compromise tire life for better handling. Pat G'ville, NV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dooden]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, kdxkawboy@a... wrote:

> > In a message dated 1/30/2005 6:58:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, > dooden@y... writes: > > Kenda K270's check back a few posts, somebody is selling a set here. > > Cheap tires, seem to hold up on milage pretty good sofar, not alot of > fun on pavement, but aired down they have alot of bite offroad, I am > sure there are more better tires, but these work for me for my kind of > riding style, which is when on pavement I am just going somewhere, > offroad is the fun place. > > In otherwords if you like scraping pegs in corners(pavement), you do > not want these tires. > > > > While costing a bit more, the IRC GP1, the tire Kenda cloned for

the 270,

> has all the 270 good off road traits and none of its pavement

problems. In the

> hands a skilled pilot, you'll have no problems scraping the foot

pegs using

> the GP1s. You wont get the same tire mileage as with the Kenda, but

IRC

> decided to use a softer rubber compound to compromise tire life for

better handling.

> > Pat > G'ville, NV >

Thought I read the GP1 was discontinued ? Never looked though If the rubber is softer on the GP1 does it still have the same bite offroad when riding in multiple areas, the transition from muck, to hardpack to swamp to sand to mud, gravel, rock, pavement ect ect.. You remember your 6 Days of Michigan ride, although never on that ride, its basically my playground with more swamp and mud added for the fun factor, I live south of that route down in south central. Seems I got close to 2k on these tires and basically the squared edge of the knobbies are not so sharp anymore, but basically little actual wear and thats running them around a happy medium near 20~22 psi most of time on/off road, if I know I will be on pavement I will air then back up sure for the ride there. I tend to be a bit rough on the rear tire, I could actually see tire wear off the OEM after riding offroad a few times, but the OEM sucked as a paddle tire anyway.. If the wear factor stays as it has been it might be a while before I need a tire, unless I destroy it somehow. I currently hold the view Kenda K270's are the best bang for the buck, but that is subject to change. Dooden (Snow bound Yooper) A5 Green Ape

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/1/2005 3:50:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, dooden@... writes: If the rubber is softer on the GP1 does it still have the same bite offroad when riding in multiple areas, the transition from muck, to hardpack to swamp to sand to mud, gravel, rock, pavement ect ect.. The Six Days of Michigan has been one of the better rides I ever took the time to enjoy. I hauled a couple of bikes out for one of our sports Malcolm Smith clones, a Jesse Goldberg who in his 60s team up with Rich Thorwaldson to win the Nevada Rally. Anyway Jesse knew the CCC mucky mucks and my reward was an extra two days of riding staying at someone's old family cabin, a true log cabin built by his great grandfather, his family homestead was used to stage the start and finish. You have a great trail network thanks to those folks. I don't know of any other state that has 1000s of miles of maintained single track trails and yet outside of the area so few people know about it. Uh oh, I shouldn't have let the secret out. My seat of the pants meter said there was very little difference between the two tires in the dirt, not nearly as much difference as there is on the pavement. They are both designed as an intermediate tire (on a scale of deep sand to baked mud). What makes the IRC good on the street makes it the better of the two tires as conditions go from intermediate to hard. What makes the Kenda less than desirable on the street makes it the better tire as conditions go from intermediate to deep sand. I've been using the GP1 since 97 and have been getting a reliable 4000-4500 miles out of the rear and two rears to a front (when you put on the second rear you want pull the front tire and run it the other direction). My own experience says if you follow Kawasaki's recommended air pressure the tire last longer, meaning 21 psi handles a 200 pound load and 28 psi handles a 400 pound load, especially on the street. When I ran more pressure the tire life was an average of 3000 miles. I picked up the set of Kendas from a KTM shop up in Reno. The owner said he stocked the Kenda because it was such a bang for the buck tire that he was able to turn it over, but at the same time he said if I liked it in the dirt but not on the street that I should try the IRC. Pat G'ville, NV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Howard Morris]

OK, what's the word on the d606 on pavement? I like the way they look. I am not a very aggressive on road rider. I do like to spend my weekends on the local mountain roads (dirt). The rest of my riding is on the hyways.